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The brand new Model F keyboards by default come with the "wcass" controller. (The controller was designed on this thread: https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=13479 ) The 'xwhatsit/brand_new_model_f/f62' configuration is just a pointer to wcass configuration, so it's the exact same. It's there pr...

I'd be happy to help reverse engineer old protocols and build reverse converters for old systems, so people could use modern keyboards on old systems.
I'm not sure how much that would help to fix any bad feelings though.

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I recommend cutting a slot. Ever since I first figured out out that the card edge is a symmetrical on some keyboards, I started cutting a slot into to all of my controllers, see this comment of mine: https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?p=473635#p473635 For solenoid there are keys such as HPT_TOG, ...

What's the status of the beamspring keyboard? Can you send a screenshot of the signal level monitor? If you are using a modern style blue connector, when re-seating the card make sure that the centers of the pins are aligned. (and not the card edge site to the wall of the hole in the connector. The ...

Your remaining questions are not specific to my port of qmk, but apply to all qmk keyboards. While I could probably figure these out, I am super low on time, and I much prefer to refer you to upstream QMK support, and for me to handle issues specific to my port only. They have a discord, where you c...

The util's Keypress Momitor disagrees with the OS. .... In summary: I obviously need a fresh rebuild of the tools to catchup with the Kishsaver layout fix Yes, this is expected, I did say "You will need yet again a new util build for compatibility." The matrix position to physical key position mapp...

Flip those around and it's looking mighty fine! Fixes pushed, please try again. You will need yet again a new util build for compatibility. oh, they do all work *before* running the tools. But they're all disabled after quitting, including Cmd+Tab. How are you quitting the tools? If you are quittin...

Note those column skips! The Kish definitely skips many of them, but not contiguously. By my count that's 9 pins in use for its columns. More than the Signal Level Monitor shows, in its f62/xwhatsit setup. I bet that definition is what needs tweaked. You're the first original F62 kishsaver tester f...

You are correct, it's not necessary to cut the PCB. You could just cut the traces on the PCB or you could just de-solder all parts that connect to the columns / rows. Both of these imply that you trace out all connections to rows and columns and you are 100% sure that you have disconnected all of th...

I really want the "Pro" variant, I already ordered non-Pro, and it's in shipping, can't wait to get it, but I'm specifically looking for the 'Pro' variant now, since it looks more comfortable, and the middle button is near the thumb. There were 5 pieces sold back in November: https://www.ebay.com/it...

Looking for both optical and/or ball variants.

Hey, I've implemented something for you, try this: void send_alt_code_P(const PGM_P strlo, const PGM_P strhi) { bool num_lock = host_keyboard_led_state().num_lock; uint8_t lshift = keyboard_report->mods & MOD_BIT(KC_LSHIFT); uint8_t rshift = keyboard_report->mods & MOD_BIT(KC_RSHIFT); const PGM_P st...

Oh, yes Normally all Sparkfun 5V Pro Micros ship with the J1 jumper shorted. And all Sparkfun 3.3V Pro Micros ship with the J1 jumper not shorted. That's not the only difference between them, also: 1) The 3.3V variant has a 8MHz crystal, while the 5V variant has a 16 MHz crystal 2) The 5v variant ha...

with the "Keypress Monitor" of the QMK utility, I can see that pressing a key produces lots of extraneous keypresses. E.g. pressing M ends up activating most of the bottom row as well. That's not necessarily a problem. Keypress Monitor doesn't send the keypresses through the debounce algorithm, so ...

My firmware and controllers now support the xtant too!

I hope you'll find a plate.
If not, maybe you can find a company willing to route it out for you.

I didn't think to check all my IC's. One has the Lexmark/Motorola 1395980 but my bad board has the ST/IBM branded EF6805U3. I thought all M2 PCBs were the same.. Can you post a picture of this one that's different? Also a picture of the board with the 3-pin crystals? The 1395980 sounds like a clien...

Here's the datasheet of the chip used in the M2, called EF6805U3: https://www.digchip.com/datasheets/download_datasheet.php?id=290927&part-number=EF6805U3 Unfortunately it only has the DIP package pinout, and not the PLCC one. However, in order to guess at what is the correct PLCC pinout, let's look...

That Y1 connects to the crystal oscillator pins of the microcontroller,
so it's probably just a crystal in an unusual package.
4.00 writing on it suggests that it's probably 4MHz.

For the controller I could add support to the SMD Model F controller, and you could use either the 'standard' or 'kishsaver class' one, depending on which one fits better, if it fits at all. EDIT looks like either will fit as long as you plan ribbon cable / jumper wire length well. For the barrel pl...

So the leds flicker, but otherwise the keyboard works well? And you can still turn them on/off by pressing numlock/capslock, but it just flickers?

Do you have a video of the flickering?
Do you have an oscilloscope to probe around with to see where the flickering is coming from?

You took a picture of a couple column pins. Those are only connected on the bottom side, and we can't see on this picture if and how destroyed the pads are on the other side. Assuming pad pad looks good on the other side, you may still be able to solder to it SMD style. Pads can be lost for various ...

Try to remove the spring, and put it back on. (Or replace it if you have extra springs). There's various methods without doing a full bolt mod, like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnBsDeKs54w What I do is simpler, I just rotate the old spring counterclockwise, and pull to remove it. It's a bit cou...

I got one of these, and just tried it. I connected a model M with SDL to DIN cable to it, and on the PC side I tried both a common PS/2 to USB adapter with a DIN to PS/2 passive adapter, and I also tried a Soarer's adapter. The result, in both cases, is that it sortof kinda almost works, but: * It's...

Yes, my code runs on all xwhatsits, even original xwhatsit boards, and on the "wcass" boards that are in the new Model F reproduction keyboards from Ellipse, and also I believe Ellipse switched over to sending out keyboards with my code by default.

Is your project the only xwhatsit port to qmk, or are there other ones? As far as I know it's the only one. The only other technology that can drive Beamspring / Model F keyboards, that I know of, is DMA's Common Sense. I believe that it uses a Cypress psoc, and that there's an ARM in it. And doesn...

is there a version of the xwhatsit code that works with the arm version? As it is, it won't work on non-avr architectures, because it uses inline assembly to precisely control the time elapsed between when the column strobe is triggered, and when the rows are sampled. However you can write your own...

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06 Dec 2020, 05:38

Here is the screenshot of the Keyboard monitor

Please send a picture of the "Signal Level Monitor". It's a different button in util.exe, and please press a few buttons too, slowly, and see if it changes.

Hey! Can you send a screenshot of signal level monitor?

Update: v1.0b WORKS! As a science project, I went a little deeper analyzing the operation of these, and comparing to an original xwhatsit (rev.2 is the only original xwhatsit board I have at the moment, since I only have 1 data point about original xwhatsit drivers, the info I am presenting may or m...